09:45-10:30 Keynote Lecture: Lukáš Babka (Slavonic Library, Prague): Prague as the Center of Russian Science Abroad (1918–1945): The Role of Inter-War Czechoslovakia in the Work of Russian (and Ukrainian) Emigrant Scientists and the Possibilities of Contemporary Research

10:30-12:30 Session 1: Local and Transnational Dimensions of Russian Emigration
Simo Mikkonen: Transnational cultural networks – Impact of Russian emigration to China
German Dudchenko: Soviet-Mongolian Humanitarian Collaboration in 1920s
Petr Bazanov: «Window to Freedom»: Emigration to Finland as the Way of Salvation of Representatives of Russian Science and Culture in 1918-1921
Jussi-Pekka Hakkarainen: Proekt Fersmana. A Case-Study on the Transnational Scientific Networks of Fenno-Russian Scholars in the Early 1920sChair: Kirsti Ekonen

18.15-21:00 Rector’s reception and an evening lecture with the Friends of the National Library
Location: Main Building of the University of Helsinki. Entrance to the building from Fabianinkatu 33. (by invitation only)

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Tuesday, 6 August Auditorium of the National Library of Finland, Yliopistonkatu 109:00-09:45 Keynote Lecture: Evgeni Petrov (State University, St. Petersburg): The Chairman of «Russian Academic Group» in the US - Baron Serge A. Korff in 1921-192409:45-11:30 Session 4: Reading and Publishing
Jürgen Warmbrunn: Russian Academic Life and Publishing in Berlin During “Imagined Interregnum”
Tatiana Yusupova: Interpersonal Communication and Re-Establishment of International Scientific Cooperation in the Beginning of 1920s: Wilhelm Filchner, Sven Gedin and Petr Kozlov
Natalia Ostashova: The Experience of Interfaith Dialog in Foreign Russian CommunityChair: Jussi-Pekka Hakkarainen

11:30-12:30 Lunch12:30-15:15 Session 5: Establishing Academic Relations with Soviet Russia
Vladimir Nikiforov: Effect of Foreign Academic Contacts on the Russian Scientific and Technical Intelligentsia Emigration from Soviet Russia since 1917
Peter Gorlyakov: Lack of Culture and Interculture: Teaching the Foreign Languages ​​at Higher School in 1917 – 1924
Elena Elts: State Protection of Cultural Heritage in Soviet Russia
Natalia Nikiforova: The Image of American Technology in Soviet Public Discourse of 1920s and the Formation of Capitalist MythChair: Kirsti Ekonen

15.15-15:45 Snack Break15:45-17:15 Session 6: Academic Institutions in the Changing World
Ludmila Dubjeva: The Evacuation of Yuryev University in 1918 and Fates of Historians Having Worked There
Larisa Nikoforova: Imperial Palaces of St. Petersburg in 1917-1924: Political Challenge and Reorganization of Scientific Relations in the Art Historians’ CommunityKirsti Ekonen: Lost Opportunities of Finnish Russian Studies: the Case of Sergei KorffChair: Ianina Kruglikova